METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DRAG AND DROP CONTENT SHARING IN A MULTI-DEVICE ENVIRONMENT

• US 20150319202A1
• Filed: 07/13/2015
• Published: 11/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: OpenTV, Inc. (Kudelski SA)
• Original Assignee: OpenTV, Inc. (Kudelski SA)
• Inventors: Chai, Crx K., Fishman, Alex
• Granted Patent: US 10,104,135 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45512 Command shells
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/542 Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles

Abstract

Methods and systems for interacting with graphical user interface elements to invoke commands and initiate requests in a multi-device environment are described

Claims

1. A method comprising:

detecting a drag-and-drop event that indicates a displayed first graphical element being positioned over a displayed second graphical element, the first graphical element identifying content to be shared with a recipient user indicated by the second graphical element, the second graphical element being associated with configuration setting as that specify at least one device among multiple devices and designate the at least one device to access shared content, the second graphical element being displayed among other graphical elements that represent other recipient users within a computer based social network; and

responsive to the drag-and-drop event, generating and communicating a command to cause the specified at least one device to obtain access to the content, the command being generated in accordance with the configuration settings and identifying the content and the associated user with whom the content is to be shared.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

communicating a notification that indicates whether the generated command was successfully executed.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein:

the notification further indicates that the generated command was executed.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein:

the notification further indicates that the generated command failed to execute and includes a reason why the generated command failed to execute.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein:

the reason included in the notification indicates that the recipient user has blocked content sharing from a blocked user that initiated the drag-and-drop event.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein:

the at least one device specified in the configuration settings associated with the second graphical element includes a first device designated to access shared content;

the configuration settings associated with the second graphical element specify a second device to receive notifications associated with shared content; and

the method further comprises;

causing the second device to receive the notification based on the second device being specified in the configuration settings.

7. The method of claim 2, wherein:

the at least one device specified in the configuration settings associated with the second graphical element includes a first device designated to access shared content; and

the communicating of the notification includes providing the notification to a second device that performed the generating and communicating of the command.

8. The method of claim 1, where

the at least one device specified in the configuration settings associated with the second graphical element includes a first device designated to access shared content;

and

the configuration settings of the second graphical element specify a second device to receive a notification that the content has become accessible by at least the first device.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the at least one device specified in the configuration settings associated with the second graphical element includes a first device designated to access shared content; and

the communicating of the generated command communicates the command to a second device that, in executing the command, provides the first device with access to the content identified by the command.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the at least one device specified in the configuration settings associated with the second graphical element includes a first device designated to access shared content; and

the communicating of the generated command causes a second device to provide the first device with access to the content identified by the command.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the configuration settings associated with the second graphical element specify that shared content is to be downloaded to the specified at least one device designated to access shared content; and

the communicating of the generated command causes the content to be downloaded to the at least one device specified in the configuration settings associated with the second graphical element.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the configuration settings associated with die second graphical element specify that a link to shared content is to be communicated to the at least one device designated access shared content; and

the communicating of the generated command causes a link to the content represented by the first graphical element to be communicated to the at least one device specified in the configuration settings associated with the second graphical element.

13. A device comprising:

a touch screen display;

one or more processors; and

a memory storing instructions that,when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising;

via the touch screen display, detecting a drag-and-drop event that indicates a displayed first graphical element being positioned over a displayed second graphical element, the first graphical element identifying content to be shared with a recipient user indicated by the second graphical element, the second graphical element being associated with configuration settings that specify at least one device among multiple devices and designate the at least one device to access shared content, the second graphical element being displayed among other graphical elements that represent other recipient users within a computer-based social network; and

responsive to the drag-and-drop event, generating and communicating a command to cause the specified at least one device to obtain access to the content, the command being generated in accordance with the configuration settings and identifying the content and the associated user with whom the content is to be shared.

14. The device of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise:

communicating a notification that indicates whether the generated command was successfully executed.

15. The device of claim 14, wherein:

the notification further indicates that the generated command failed to execute and includes a reason why the generated command failed to execute.

16. The device of claim 14, wherein:

the at least one device specified in the configuration settings associated with the second graphical element includes a first device designated to access shared content;

the configuration settings associated with the second graphical element specify a second device to receive notifications associated with shared content; and

the operations further comprise;

causing the second device to receive the notification based on the second device being specified in the configuration settings.

17. The device of claim 14, wherein:

the at least one device specified in the configuration settings associated with the second graphical element includes a first device designated to access shared content; and

the communicating of the notification includes providing the notification to a second device that performed the generating and communicating of the command.

18. The device of claim 13, wherein:

the at least one device specified in the configuration settings associated with the second graphical element includes a first device designated to access shared content; and

the configuration settings associated with the second graphical element specify a second device to receive a notification that the content has become accessible by at least the first device.

19. The device of claim 13, wherein:

the at least one device specified in the configuration settings associated with the second graphical element includes a first device designated to access shared content; and

the communicating of the generated command causes a second device to provide the first device with access to the content identified by the command.

20. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

detecting a drag-and-drop event that indicates a displayed first graphical element being positioned over a displayed second graphical element, the first graphical element identifying content to be shared with a recipient user indicated by the second graphical element, the second graphical element being associated with configuration settings that specify at least one device among multiple devices and designate the at least one device to access shared content, the second graphical element being displayed among other graphical elements that represent other recipient users within a computer-based social network; and

responsive to the drag-and-drop event, generating and communicating a command to cause the specified at least one device to obtain access to the content, the command being generated in accordance with the configuration settings and identifying the content and the associated user with whom the content is to be shared.